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Show ; Hospital holds disaster I drill in PI. Grove i w the emergenc,y codet wfhn 1 k' he page system at the 't (er. nFork Hospital, followed Cumber 22, it was the signal ;e I'lSai p6-0""61 to eo into k ,clill ,h they knew the code Al?t real "everything went !SLe as if it was, and personnel ' (heir designated assign-in assign-in ,01 I" v "nLeneriowas a disaster drill 1)1 several conducted by the b luland ambulance associations Se sure they are ready and 5 SthaUodointheevent of a ? f rthey were told to J Ire for 22 victims who needed oi Urgency attention following a ' JisfoninPleasantGrove , And the drill was so realistic that Ik -passerbys going by 200 South k L Street in Pleasant Grove it' "eren't sure it hadn't happened irds en they saw ambulances, police one Srs and what appeared to be m- iired accident victims strewn about iielawnof the city park. "Us just a drill," one person told spectator as he peered in a vehicle and saw the teenage driver slumped over the wheel, appearing to be bleeding. "I can see that - now," the man replied. To make sure spectators didn't get upset, signs were posted at the scene noting it was a training drill. Realism was present in more than one instance, however. When a hospital volunteer appeared ap-peared at the medical facility hysterically trying to find out "how bad her daughter was injured," for instance, even some of the hospital personnel weren't sure the girl wasn't the victim of an actual accident. ac-cident. The "disaster" call came to the hospital about 1 p.m. Wednesday. The telephone operator was told a mini-bus carrying handicapped individuals had gone through a stop sign; a vehicle behind the bus had been unable to stop, and a pedestrian had been struck. Dr. Dean Shelton, a hospital emergency room doctor, led the triage team going to the scene. "Injuries" were checked (determined by cards tied on the "victims" and by makeup), and the most serious treated first. Pleasant Grove Ambulance Association members responded to the call. (American Fork Ambulance Am-bulance Association was to respond also but got called on an actual run). "Victims" were hospital Volunteer Volun-teer Auxiliary members, Can-dystripers, Can-dystripers, neighborhood teenagers and even a hospital employee. The "injuries" included a variety of broken bones, concussions, and even two fatalities. There was also a heart attack and a pregnant woman. Ten of the "injured" were taken to the American Fork Hospital, with another 10 to have been taken to other hospitals. Reporters were at the scene and the hospital, trying to get information in-formation from the public relations director. When the drill was over, hospital personnel met to analyze strengths and weaknesses, and to decide how and where improvements should be made. Vicki Johnson, director of Emergency Services at the hospital, coordinated the drill. David Vickers directs rescue workers during a training drill called "Mock Disaster." The drill was staged last week on the corner of Second South and Main when a nine passenger van and two cars simulated a collision. Rescue workers had to deal with injuries in-juries ranging from a heart attack, a mother in labor, to bleeding and unconscious victims. vic-tims. American Fork Hospital staged the drill to help volunteers be prepared for the worst. |